Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 79.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 194131
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194131.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Blue Ledge-Mayflower Mine
Bone Hollow Claims
Central Cottonwood Canyon Prospects
Copper Queen Prospects
Cottonwood Canyon Stone Quarry
Cunningham Tunnel
East Ontario Mine (Park City Consolidated Group)
East Utah Shaft (Minnie Claim; East Utah Group)
Flagstaff Mine
Jones-Bonanza Shaft (Jones Shaft; Judge Group; United Park City Mines; Daly-Judge Jones-Bonanza Shaft)
Judge Unit
Keeler Tunnel
Keetley Prospect
Little Cottonwood-Big Cottonwood Occurrence
McCune Tunnel Occurrence (East Utah Group; Minnie Claim)
Murdock Hollow NE Adit Occurrence
Murdock Hollow Prospects
Old Utah Mine (Judge Group; United Park City Mines)
Park Heber Tunnel
Park King Tunnel (Park-Utah Group)
Park Konold Mine
Park Premier Shaft
Park-Utah No. 2 Shaft (Park-Utah Group)
Park-Utah Tunnel No. 1 And Prospects (Park-Utah Group; Ajo Group)
Queen Tunnel
Ross Todd Hollow Adit
South Quincy Tunnels Occurrence (New Quincy Group; Bonanza Consolidated)
Sphinx Prospect
Superior Prospects
Unknown Tunnel (Park-Utah Group; MRDS - 10087355)
Unknown Tunnel Occurrence (MRDS - 10011506)
Unknown Tunnel Occurrence (New Park Group; MRDS - 10087357)
Wasatch Mine

Latitude: 40°36'59"N
Longitude: 111°27'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.616388888889,-111.45611111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Augite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			4	278545,278555,278558,278565	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	35	31	1	278557	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	35	31	1	278557	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35	31	1	278557	966
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	35	31	1	278557	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	44	36	2	278539,278562	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35	31	4	278543,278545,278546,278557	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35	31	1	278557	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	35	31	1	278557	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			8	278543,278545,278546,278553,278555,278558,278562,278565	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	44	36	1	278539	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	278545	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	278562	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35	31	1	278557	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	44	31	2	278539,278557	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	44	36	2	278539,278562	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	35	31	1	278557	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	35	31	1	278557	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35	31	1	278557	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35	31	5	278546,278555,278557,278558,278565	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	35	31	1	278557	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35	31	5	278555,278557,278558,278562,278565	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			6	278543,278545,278546,278555,278558,278565	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			4	278553,278555,278558,278565	5317

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-4905	44	36	40±4		4905			181077	Copper Queen Prospects, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4906	44	36	40±4		4906			181077	Copper Queen Prospects, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4912	36	34	35±1		4912			182770	Murdock Hollow NE Adit Occurrence, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4913	36	34	35±1		4913			182770	Murdock Hollow NE Adit Occurrence, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4914	36	34	35±1		4914			182770	Murdock Hollow NE Adit Occurrence, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4915	36	34	35±1		4915			182770	Murdock Hollow NE Adit Occurrence, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
PorphCu-00204	35	31	35–31			Actinolite, Albite, Alunite, Augite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	183025	Park Premier Shaft, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA	Park Premier	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
NAVDAT-4907	79.7	70.1	74.9±4.8	plagioclase	4907			183782	Sphinx Prospect, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4908	45.1	36.9	41±4.1		4908			183782	Sphinx Prospect, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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